Coronavirus scare leads C. Conn. St. to cancel baseball trip

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — Central Connecticut State will not travel to Omaha, Nebraska, to play a baseball series against Creighton because of concerns about the coronavirus.

Central Connecticut State's athletic department said Tuesday that team schedules were being adjusted in accordance with a directive from the CSCU System Office regarding out-of-state travel and on-campus gatherings of 100 or more people.

The state of Connecticut had four confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday.

The virus has infected over 700 people in the U.S. and killed at least 27. Worldwide, nearly 120,000 have been infected and over 4,200 have died. For most people, the virus causes only mild or moderate symptoms such as fever and cough.

Creighton said the series has been canceled and that it would try to find replacement games for this weekend.